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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Gefängnis

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Gefängnis
Friedrich Kluge2511221An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G — Gefängnis1891John Francis Davis

Gefängnis, n., ‘prison,’ from MidHG. gevencnisse, f., n., ‘imprisonment’; allied to fangen.